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The Exploring On The Virtue Political Concept Of The Early Zhou Dynasty

Posted on:2013-11-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J G ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2246330395454313Subject:Political Theory
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China’s traditional political outlook is an ethical and political concept. The core of this political concept of "virtue" which was formed in the early former Zhou Dynasty.Yin Dynasty was destroyed and Zhou Dynasty was thriving in the early former Zhou Dynasty. As the representative of the early ruler of the Zhou Dynasty, Chou Kung had made a profound reflection of the political and social upheaval.Chou Kung as the representative of the rulers of the early former Zhou Dynasty, had conscientiously summed up the historical experience and lessons of three generations of the rise and fall since Xia-Shang-Zhou Dynasties, and had a new understanding about the destiny what is the spiritual support of the rule since Xia-Shang Dynasties. They had been fully aware of that the destiny will never belonged to a dynasty, the destiny only help to the virtue,"Morality" will get the destiny. Then the rulers of the early former Zhou Dynasty have been the focus of attention of the political from unpredictable god and spirit moved to the human society, this is how the "Matching heaven with virtue" ideology of Chou Kung.Under the guidance of the "Matching heaven with virtue" ideology, Chou Kung further investigated the political functions of the people from the rise and fall of Xia-Shang-Zhou Dynasties, and contacted the virtue and people together, and thus put forward how to treat people as the core content of the political concept "Respect virtue and care for the people" and "Carry forward the virtue and careful use of punishment", and the former is the core, the latter is the specific measures and emphasis. This is not only political reason awakening is the Chinese traditional civilian-oriented thoughts of the enterprise.The virtue political view not only has a specific political content of "Respect virtue and care for the people" and "Carry forward the virtue and careful use of punishment", and with "Selection and conferment of morality, Unite with one heart and one mind" name, gets the system guarantee in the feudalism and Patriarchal clan.The virtue political concept of the early former Zhou Dynasty, not only gets guarantee in the feudalism and Patriarchal clan, and through the "filial piety" the ethical order as "virtue" the basic content of the regulations for the method of a kind of morality and order, and takes the political rule, the ethical order and social customs fuses in together, thus makes the political ruling of Zhou Dynasty got the support of the social order.
Keywords/Search Tags:The former Zhou Dynasty, Early, Destiny, Respect virtue, Carryforward the virtue
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